Interdisciplinary Research Practice - Collaborating to Address Societal Challenges

In the HUMpraxis programme, which focuses on research-practice collaborations, we aim to promote equal collaboration and knowledge exchange across sectors: between researchers in the humanities and social sciences and practitioners in the social, environmental, and adult life transition domains. The goal is to produce both original research results and tangible changes in practice and to translate them into sustainable solutions to current societal challenges, fostering a democratic and sustainable society on an informed and inclusive basis.

The ’human factor’ plays a crucial role in several of society’s major challenges in these areas and potential solutions to them.

Humanities and social sciences, with their focus on the ’human factor,’ can contribute research-based development, insight, new understanding and solutions to address the challenges the three domains face.

Professionals from practice can contribute with professional contextual knowledge into current and pressing issues, everyday conditions and organisational opportunities and barriers within these domains.

We aim to strengthen and highlight this societal value creation through grants for cross-sectoral, closely integrated research and development projects, where research expertise and practical expertise engage in mutual collaboration and interaction throughout the entire process, from formulating the project idea to realising changes and solutions.

The fields of humanities, social sciences, social issues, the environment and transitions and changes of adult life are significant in our philanthropic work. This focus provides us with a unique opportunity to support collaborations and knowledge dissemination across different sectors in society for the benefit of citizens in these areas.

The HUMpraxis programme is exclusively targeted Danish Universities, University of Greenland, University of Faroe Islands and practitioners in these countries.